06-26-2004, 12:35 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by Kati Compton
Oh - I should add...
As the person that gets the newsletter bounces from PPCT, I'd like to ask people to PLEASE unsubscribe rather than spam-block. Steve handles the unsubscribe requests himself, there is no list, etc. It would help reduce the 300-500 bounces a week I have to scan to remove "user unknowns". This really sucks up a lot of time each week, so if people can spend 5 seconds to reduce that, I'd like them to. 
And if you are a registered user, and don't know what I'm talking about when I say "newsletter", your ISP is probably blocking it as spam. Just send a note to moderator@ and we'll remove you so I don't get your bounce. Thanks! |
Nevermind. I finally figured out which address to place in my hotmail allow list!
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06-26-2004, 12:52 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 4,396
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Re: Spam Egg Spam Spam Bacon And Spam
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I like your idea as well. |
The downside with my honeypot is that it would likely result in a lot more spam on the Internet, further clogging things up. But it would also reduce the spammers chances of hitting somebody real, so I'm torn.
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I also started changing my mailto links to the ASCII ( Bob Bemer R.I.P.) codes for each character. But I think that most spiders have been updated to figure that one out. :? |
Not many seem to have been, actually. I only get one spam to my Web E-mail addresses a month (if that), and I only encode the "@". Of course, maybe my Web site isn't as popular as I hoped. :-D
The spams I do get at the Web addresses seem to be Nigerian scams, not your generic garage.
Steve
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06-26-2004, 12:59 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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E-mail Harvesting
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Originally Posted by Gerard
I get over 300 spam every day, largely due to pocketnow's long-standing policy of making contributors include their email address in articles. Though it's been a long while since I wrote anything for the site, still those addresses are being harvested. Some days I get as many as 500.
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I've only written three reviews for pocketnow, but I think I've only gotten one or two spams since I started. I can't imagine getting 300 or more a day. :-( Maybe CAN-SPAM is having some effect on harvesting.
I also wonder why pocketnow (or any similar site) would require an E-mail address, especially when every review or article has a discussion forum linked to it. If anything, clicking the author's name should take the user to the Private Message entry screen.
Steve
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07-19-2004, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,097
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Originally Posted by dean_shan
I proud to say the my 'real' email address is spamfree. I have only recieved 5 or so spam messages from when I set it up last year.
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same here 
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07-19-2004, 03:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: E-mail Harvesting
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Originally Posted by Pony99CA
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Originally Posted by Gerard
I get over 300 spam every day, largely due to pocketnow's long-standing policy of making contributors include their email address in articles. Though it's been a long while since I wrote anything for the site, still those addresses are being harvested. Some days I get as many as 500.
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I've only written three reviews for pocketnow, but I think I've only gotten one or two spams since I started. I can't imagine getting 300 or more a day. :-( Maybe CAN-SPAM is having some effect on harvesting.
I also wonder why pocketnow (or any similar site) would require an E-mail address, especially when every review or article has a discussion forum linked to it. If anything, clicking the author's name should take the user to the Private Message entry screen.
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yeah, I couldn't imagine such a thing, I'd view that as an invaison of the author's privacy (even most print mags. online don't require something like this)
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